Africa (Bookshelf)

Books that are about Africa in general rather than about a specific country

See also South Africa (Bookshelf), Boer War (Bookshelf)

History

• An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa  Shabeeny, Abd Salam

Flora and Fauna

• In Africa; Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country  McCutcheon, John T., 1870-1949
• Wild Beasts and Their Ways, Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa and America. Baker, Samuel White, Sir, 1821-1893

Vol 1 

Anthropology and Geography

• People of Africa  How, Edith A.
• Native Life in South Africa  Plaatje, Sol (Solomon Tshekisho), 1876-1932
• The Black Man's Place in South Africa  Nielsen, Peter
• A Winter Tour in South Africa  Young, Frederick

Travels in and through

• In the Heart of Africa  Baker, Samuel White, Sir, 1821-1893
• Journal of an African Cruiser  Bridge, Horatio, 1806-1893, ed. Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864
• First Footsteps in East Africa  Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890
• Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo. Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890

Vol 1 , Vol 2 

• Narrative of a Voyage to Senegal in 1816 Undertaken by Order of the French Government, Comprising an Account of the Shipwreck of the Medusa, the Sufferings of the Crew, and the Various Occurrences on Board the Raft, in the Desert of Zaara, at St. Louis, and at the Camp of Daccard. to Which Are Subjoined Observations Respecting the Agriculture of the Western Coast of Africa, from Cape Blanco to the Mouth of the Gambia.  Corréard, Alexander and Savigny, J. B. Henry
• Observations Upon the Windward Coast of Africa  Corry, Joseph
• The Congo and Coasts of Africa  Davis, Richard Harding, 1864-1916
• The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 06 Madiera, the Canaries, Ancient Asia, Africa, etc.  Hakluyt, Richard, 1552-1616
• Lander's Travels; The Travels of Richard Lander into the Interior of Africa  Huish, Robert, 1777-1850
• Travels in West Africa  Kingsley, Mary H., 1862-1900
• Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa  Livingstone, David, 1813-1873
• The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death. Livingstone, David, 1813-1873, ed. Waller, Horace

Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 , Volume II (of 2), 1869-1873 Continued By A Narrative Of His Last Moments And Sufferings, Obtained From His Faithful Servants Chuma And Susi 

• How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone  Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton), 1841-1904
• The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa, in the Year 1805  Park, Mungo, 1771-1806, ed. Whishaw, John
• Life and Travels of Mungo Park in Central Africa  Park, Mungo, 1771-1806
• Travels in the Interior of Africa. Park, Mungo, 1771-1806

Vol 1. , Vol. 2 

• Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51; Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government. Richardson, James, 1806-1851

Vol 1 , Vol 2. 

• African Camp Fires  White, Stewart Edward, 1873-1946
• The Man-Eaters of Tsavo and Other East African Adventures  Patterson, J. H. (John Henry), 1867-1947
• A Journal of a Tour in the Congo Free State  Dorman, Marcus Roberts Phipps
• by Rohlfs, Gerhard, 1831-1896 (German):
  • Land und Volk in Afrika, Berichte aus den Jahren 1865-1870 
  • Beiträge zur Entdeckung und Erforschung Africa's. Berichte aus den Jahren 1870-1875 
  • Mein erster Aufenthalt in Marokko und Reise südlich vom Atlas durch die Oasen Draa und Tafilet. 
  • Von Tripolis nach Alexandrien: 1. Band , 2. Band 
• Le Tour du Monde; Afrique Orientale Journal des voyages et des voyageurs; 2. sem. 1860  (French)

Biographies

• The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African Written By Himself  Equiano, Olaudah, 1745-1797
• A Narrative of the Most Remarkable Particulars in the Life of James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, an African Prince, as Related by Himself  Gronniosaw, James Albert Ukawsaw
• Great African Travellers; From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley  Kingston, William Henry Giles, 1814-1880
• South African Memories; Social, Warlike & Sporting from Diaries Written at the Time  Wilson, Sarah Isabella Augusta, 1865-1929
• Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer  Scully, W. C. (William Charles), 1855-1943

Slave Trade

• An Essay on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species, Particularly the African Translated from a Latin Dissertation, Which Was Honoured with the First Prize in the University of Cambridge, for the Year 1785, with Additions  Clarkson, Thomas, 1760-1846
• The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave Trade by the British Parliament (1808). Clarkson, Thomas, 1760-1846

Vol 1 , Vol 2 

• The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave-Trade, by the British Parliament (1839)  Clarkson, Thomas, 1760-1846
• The Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States of America 1638-1870  Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963

Fiction

• A Rip Van Winkle Of The Kalahari; Seven Tales of South-West Africa  Cornell, Frederick
• The Sea-Witch; Or, the African Quadroon : a Story of the Slave Coast  Ballou, Maturin Murray, 1820-1895
• The Adventures of Dick Maitland; A Tale of Unknown Africa  Collingwood, Harry
• The Congo Rovers; A Story of the Slave Squadron  Collingwood, Harry
• A Middy of the Slave Squadron; A West African Story  Collingwood, Harry
• An African Millionaire; Episodes in the Life of the Illustrious Colonel Clay  Allen, Grant, 1848-1899
• In Search of the Okapi; A Story of Adventure in Central Africa  Glanville, Ernest, 1855-1925
• The Boy Aviators in Africa  Goldfrap, John Henry, 1879-1917
• The Rover Boys in the Jungle; Or, Stirring Adventures in Africa  Stratemeyer, Edward, 1862-1930
• Benita, an African romance  Haggard, H. Rider (Henry Rider), 1856-1925
• A Yellow God: an Idol of Africa  Haggard, H. Rider (Henry Rider), 1856-1925
• Ned Garth; Made Prisoner in Africa. A Tale of the Slave Trade  Kingston, William Henry Giles, 1814-1880
• The Two Supercargoes; Adventures in Savage Africa  Kingston, William Henry Giles, 1814-1880
• The African Trader; The Adventures of Harry Bayford  Kingston, William Henry Giles, 1814-1880
• The Mission; or Scenes in Africa  Marryat, Frederick, 1792-1848
• Dream Life and Real Life; a little African story  Schreiner, Olive, 1855-1920
• The Story of an African Farm, a novel  Schreiner, Olive, 1855-1920
• Blue Aloes; Stories of South Africa  Stockley, Cynthia
• Stories by English Authors: Africa (Selected by Scribners) 
• Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad